AT&T announced today that customers on their GoPhone $45 and $60 monthly plans will have a greater LTE data cap, starting this Friday (November 11). The plan prices already go down to $40/month and $55/month after enabling AutoPay.

The $40/month plan will now get 4GB of LTE data, up from the current 3GB. The $55/month plan is jumping up to 8GB of LTE data, previously only 6GB. After you run through that, you will be limited to 128kb/s speeds. Both plans have unlimited talk and text in the United States and rollover data.

AT&T is also offering deals on GoPhone-compatible devices. You can get a ZTE Maven 2 for free (from Nov 11 until Dec 31) when activating a new line and paying $30 for the service. From November 11 to December 31, you can also get an LG Phoenix 2 for $49.99 (normally $69.99). See the link below for all the terms and conditions that apply.

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i was getting 200kbps in mid town with AT&T i can't even imaging how bad an MVNO is with them. I got 100Mbps+ on Verizon in NYC.

they both charge a ton, fuck them both, but fuck at&t way more.

Luke Voigt

That's too bad. I use GoPhone and just did a test and hit 15mbps. No, it isn't 100mbps, or 30+ with what I had with Verizon, but it is sufficient. Plus, a single line of 4gb data is $40 with GoPhone after they increase the data. On Verizon, the base plan of 4GB is $50, and then you'd have to add in a $20 access fee.

It obviously depends on where you live, but GoPhone is one of the best values in cell phone plans if you have good AT&T service.

I used to get 22mb down 25mb up on GoPhone, it's no MVNO, it's just second tier AT&T. When I started I only got 1 or 2gb of data a month, and that wasn't even LTE, now with rollover I'll have over 10 or 12 easily. It's a steal considering Cricket is capped at 8mb download

yeah, in the best conditions i used to hit 15. Midtown is congested and AT&T never have heard of QoS apparently.

Scott Harris

GoPhone is AT&T's prepaid tier. Not an MVNO

mobilemann

true, good catch.

br_hermon

Hey @Corbin AP or whomever, How do you guys feel about maintaining and regularly updating a spreadsheet we all can pull up at anytime comparing "The big 4" to varous MVNOs? I'd love to see that instead of regularly asking, now does that MVNO cap speeds? What do you get when you go over data? Etc Etc Etc That'd be awesome.

Didn't know that existed, although their Plans Comared table doesn't include Go Phone, Cricket Wireless or Straight Talk. They missed some of the biggest names. Besides, one single chart might be the quickest and easiest way to go.

Pro tip: you can get the autopay discount plus the discount from an online discoutner.
Just sign up and put your info down (even a prepaid card with $0
balance) and then refill at a discounter like airtimeclub or
callingmart prior to your refill day. Then you get the $5 discount plus the additional 10% off
from the online site.

chris722

Better than Cricket. That f_ckery you get capped speeds. Not a problem when streaming but if you're transferring data or running a hotspot it can be problematic.